Sources: IOL
Tuareg rebels reach an agreement that allows the Russian African Corps to withdraw from Kidal, Mali. 2026-04-26
Mali cuts all diplomatic relations with Ukraine for providing intelligence to Tuareg rebels that enabled them to ambush and kill large numbers of Wagner Group mercenaries and Malian troops. 2024-08-4
Nigerien military junta president Abdourahamane Tchiani, Burkinabè President Ibrahim Traoré, and Malian President Assimi Goïta sign a reciprocal defence pact and mutually reject ECOWAS, accusing it of being influenced by foreign interests. 2024-07-6
Twelve people are killed in a mass shooting by insurgents in a village in Bankass Cercle, Mopti Region, Mali. 2023-02-24
Militants kill 24 soldiers and wound 29 others on an army patrol in northern Mali. Seventeen militants were also killed in the melee. 6 injured soldiers later die increasing the death toll to 42. 2019-11-18
At least 15 Tuaregs are killed when armed men from a rival ethnic group (Fulani) attack their village in northern Mali, according to local authorities. 2018-09-26
Malian forces arrest two men in their early 30s linked to a cell phone found at the scene of last week's deadly hotel attack. No details are provided on what their exact role was. 2015-11-27
The government of Mali opens talks with Tuareg separatists in the hopes of reaching a ceasefire agreement. 2013-06-8
Mali appoints Cheick Modibo Diarra, Microsoft chairman for Africa and a former NASA astrophysicist, as its interim prime minister after a coup d'état. 2012-04-17
Tuareg Rebellion (2011–present): Tuareg rebels capture the fourth Malian town in a week. 2012-01-26